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    Of th € ChiETcse Christians he remarks , they are reputed principally Nestoriaus . He says , " they are described as humane ahd benevolent ;

    but as not baptizing : " he adds , ** the Catholics always affirm of such Christians , that they disused baptism , but it is an error , as may be seen in the foregoing account of the Mauicha&ans . ^ What he relates of the Catholic

    missionaries , wheu they went among this people , is comical enough , that in their catechistical lectures relating to baptism , the whole history of John and Jesus , so far as it relates to baptism , is suppressed , except his constituting Peter , and his vicar , the pope ,

    to baptize to the end of the world , 44 Go ye , therefore , and baptize , " &c . This was , no doubt , Catholic policy to keep out of sight the old heresy , of baptizing adults by immersion , a doctrine not very favourable to their ideas of Infant Baptism .

    Now , Sir , I own it exceeds my powers to reconcile what your Correspondent insinuates with these facts on this head , and with his fruitless inquiries , relating to single

    denominations , single districts or churches , in relation to Adult Baptism , when , by prevailing custom , he evidently means universally prevailing custom , as he speaks elsewhere . That gentleman ' s powers , however , may exceed mine .

    But if I can believe my own eyes , he even adds , " In vain did I seek for a single individual , who being the child of baptized parents , had his baptism deferred till he was of maturer age . " " Behold a troop cometh !" I am sorry , Sir , to be under the

    necessity of craving the indulgence of your readers once more ; but there still remain a few words which ought to be offered to meet your Correspondent ' s painful , and hitherto ineffectual , inquiries . Tertullian , too , ought not to be forgotten . D .

    P , S . It is many years since I perused St . Augustine ' s book on the Trinity , and his Meditations ^ and , but for the circumstances which gave occasion to these observations , I perhaps might not have perused them

    again , in saying that Augustine tells us himself that he wrote his book on the Trinity when an old man , I spake , I perceive , from imperfect recollections ; On reverting- to it , I see he

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    began it when a young mati , bud that it being left incomplete , he finished it and published it when an old man . It is not necessary to go into particulars , but it is proper that the dis ~ tinction should be noticed .

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    Hebrew New Testament % 4 t

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    June % 1818 ^ THE London Society for promote ing Christianity amongst ike Jews have lately put out a translation of the New Testament into Hebrew , for the

    use of the Jews . A copy was sent to Mr . Moses Fersjtandig , a foreigner resident in London , who thereupon addressed the following critique upon the work , in the form of a letter , to the Chairman of the Society .

    «« To the Chairman of the Meeting of the London Society for promoting Christianity amongst the Jews , Freemasons' Tavern " . 1 39 * Oxford Street , " Sir , May 8 , 18 J 8 .

    ** I beg leave , through your me * dium , to return my best thanks to the sub-committee of your society , for the hooour they have done me in making me a present of a copy of the New Testament in the Hebrew language .

    I deem it my duty , in consequence of the flattering notice with which I have been honoured , to give my opinion upon this translation , for the benefit and guidance of this society ; and this I shall do in the best and most candid

    manner I am able , without the least intention of casting reflection upon any one , but from the firmest conviction in my mind , of the truth of what I am about to assert : —

    First , The translation of the Four Gospels will only be intelligible to a very good Hebraist , to any other it will not be clearly understood , and even to a good Hebraist there will be some difficulty .

    " Secondly , The remaining part ( the Epistles ) will be unintelligible to any Hebraist ; for , though it be printed in a Hebrew type , I cannot call it the Hebrew language . u Thirdly , Having seen the translation of the Epistle to the Romans of

    the Rev . R . Caddick , M . A ., of Jesus College , Oxford * it is , in my opinion , far superior to the present attempt . * ' Fourthly , Thus ' having given my opinion as to the demerits < f this translation , 1 must here remark , that the managers of the society wer ^ ( be

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• Citation
  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1818, page 441, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2478/page/33/